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Our Vote, Our Alabama
The Alabama Election Protection Network provides Alabamians with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting, from registration to absentee and early voting, to casting a vote at the polls, to overcoming obstacles to participation.
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The Alabama Election Protection Network provides Alabamians with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting, from registration to absentee and early voting, to casting a vote at the polls, to overcoming obstacles to participation.
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Our Vote, Our Alabama

2022 is a consequential year with every state legislator up for re-election. All statewide officer holders, one US Senate seat, the seven congressional seats, two seats on the Public Service Commission, and four seats on the State Board of Education are up for election. AEPN’s Our Vote, Our Alabama is a voter education and engagement program designed to build a more inclusive, accurate, and accessible electoral process. It is a collaborative statewide initiative to coalesce all of Alabama’s diverse and vibrant cultures into the political ecosystem more frequently because we believe ‘voting matters’.

Revoking the constitutional right to an abortion will have long-term, devastating consequences for many Black and low-income Alabamians and potentially those who provide them with medical care.

Your vote matters! 

While states across the country are using their share of the $350 billion in Covid Relief funds to support struggling hospitals, small businesses, and education, the Alabama Legislature has directed $400 million of its $2.2 billion in COVID relief to fund the construction of three new mega prisons. Rather than focus on poverty, education equity, or affordable housing, this diversion of funds embraces a failed system of mass incarceration that for generations has disproportionately harmed communities of color and people living in poverty.

Your vote matters! 

Improving the fairness of our redistricting process is the foundation by which we create more balanced, equitable representation. A more reflective representative body ensures all Alabamian’s voices have the opportunity to be heard and contribute to determining Alabama’s policies and priorities.

Your vote matters! 

If you care about these issues – let us know.

Work the Polls

Election workers are essential to ensure elections are a success. Serving as a poll worker is an amazing opportunity to learn more about the election process while contributing to your community. In 2022, AEPN and its partner organizations are partnering with national and in-state nonpartisan organizations to recruit and train a statewide network of individuals to volunteer at the polls. If you are interested in volunteering at the polls – let us know by emailing melissa@voteprotection.org.
 
The state of Alabama also hires official poll workers.  The states’ poll workers are paid election officials

Election workers are essential to ensuring that elections are a success. Poll workers are paid election officials who staff local polling places to carry out assigned Election Day procedures.

Serving as a poll worker is an amazing opportunity to learn more about the election process while contributing to your community.

  • Must be a registered voter in the State of Alabama.
  • Must be registered to vote in the county in which they desire to act as a poll worker.
  • Must attend a mandatory poll worker training. There are no exceptions to this requirement.
  • Cannot be a member of a candidate’s immediate family or the second degree of kinship.
  • Cannot be a member of a candidate’s political committee.

For more information and access to the Poll Worker Application, Click here! 

Upcoming State Elections

Get Out and Vote!

 

May 24, 2022
Primary Election

June 21, 2022
Primary Runoff

November 8, 2022
2022 General Election

Voting tools

if you or anyone you know encounters

problems while voting call:

Incarcerated or formerly incarcerated?

Restore your vote!

The passing of the Definition of Moral Turpitude Bill in 2017 clarified which felonies, state or federal, will not disqualify Alabamians from voting and started the process of restoring the right to vote to tens of thousands of people inside and outside of jail.

If you feel like your voting rights have been violated go to “Restore Your Vote” below for assistance.

incarcerated

or formerly incarcerated?

restore your vote

The passing of the Definition of Moral Turpitude Bill in 2017 clarified which felonies, state or federal, will not disqualify Alabamians from voting and started the process of restoring the right to vote to tens of thousands of people inside and outside of jail.

72% of unregistered people convicted of a felony in the state of alabama are unaware they have the right to vote.

over 20,000 People convicted of a felony in alabama have restored their right to vote.

Thousands of people Convicted of Felonies in the State of Alabama have not yet restored their right to vote.

If you feel like your voting rights have been violated click the link “Restore Your Vote” below for assistance.

Alabama

Stand Together.

We’re working to make elections more inclusive, accurate, and accessible.

about alabama election protection network

Alabama Election Protection Network is a collaborative of nonpartisan grassroots organizations who are dedicated to upholding the core values of democracy. We work to ensure an open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.

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Registered voters in Alabama

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election management monitors

In 2021 we will be launching what we hope will become a permanent election management watchdog program to compensate for the loss of the preclearance provision of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) which eliminated the early warning system of state and county proposed voting and election changes along with the opportunity to object to them under Section 5 of VRA.

By establishing an Election Management Watchdog Program, we will ensure there is an ongoing, systematic method of compiling precinct and state level election management changes that impact voting and/or elections. With volunteer attendance at County Board of Registrar meetings we can document changes and precinct-level voting changes or irregularities, especially changes that may result in suppressing the vote, particularly in communities of color and where past irregularities have been identified.

AEPN will compile information and share that information publicly so that Alabama voters can stay informed, understand precinct-level or other changes that may impact their ability to participate in the electoral cycle, and to hold public officials accountable.

Speak Up for a Better Alabama!

An Initiative for Fair Representation

In America, elections should reflect the will of the people, not elected officials. We all want our voices to be heard in determining the future of our communities. The Alabama Election Protection Network is working towards fair and honest representation for all.

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In America, elections should reflect the will of the people, not elected officials. We all want our voices to be heard in determining the future of our communities.

Alabama Election Protection Network is working to ensure a fair, accurate process for drawing district boundaries that puts our communities, and not the needs of elected officials, first.

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